GoreBox

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GoreBox is a single player and multiplayer casual shooter game with a violence theme. It was developed by Felix Filip and was released on July 21, 2023. It received positive reviews from players.

physics-based sandbox of extreme violence & limitless creative destruction.

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Audience ScoreBased on 7,942 reviews

gameplay37 positive mentions

story9 negative mentions

Fun and chaotic sandbox gameplay with a large variety of weapons, vehicles, and tools to experiment with.
Detailed gore and ragdoll physics delivering visceral and satisfying violence.
Cross-platform multiplayer support (PC and mobile) allowing for social play and creative scenarios.

Multiplayer removal and poor moderation damaged the player base and overall game experience.
Frequent crashing, lag, bugs, and unoptimized performance especially on low-end systems.
Limited mod support, unintuitive menus, lack of Steam Workshop integration, and lack of content outside sandboxing increase repetitiveness.

gameplay
130 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is praised for its realistic physics, gore mechanics, and extensive sandbox options, providing addictive and often chaotic fun. However, users report issues with bugs, lag spikes, removed multiplayer features, limited objectives, and a sometimes toxic multiplayer environment that detracts from the experience. Overall, while the core mechanics are solid and enjoyable, the gameplay is hindered by technical shortcomings and inconsistent polish.
- “Actual peak and realistic gameplay, although there are some problems like random crashes or huge lag spikes, they are uncommon and rarely ever ruin my gameplay.”
- “Its fast-paced gameplay, freeform sandbox structure, and accessible platform options have made it a go-to title for casual players looking for quick and hilarious action.”
- “Amazing gore/physics system and very solid foundation for sandbox gameplay.”
- “However, I am very disappointed and dissatisfied with some of the game physics, things that should not be happening and small quirks that wind up ruining the gameplay.”
- “You have to go back to the main menu of the game, open its obscure mod workshop where majority of the mods are in Russian and/or are low-quality, making gameplay not too fun.”
- “Also, the number of multiplayer modes is very limited (sandbox or PvP), and it makes for very boring and repetitive multiplayer gameplay.”
graphics
120 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics of the game feature a distinctive blocky, pixelated art style combined with detailed and intense gore and ragdoll physics, which many players find appealing and fitting for the sandbox experience. While visuals are praised for realism and quality within the art style, the game suffers from performance issues, occasional bugs, and limited graphic optimization, especially on lower-end systems. Overall, the graphics are considered good to very good, enhancing immersion despite some repetitive or simple elements.
- “This game is the perfect sandbox that mixes blocky-like graphics with really intense very well made gore physics.”
- “The graphics are highly realistic yet still maintaining the game's art style.”
- “This is an absolutely amazing gore simulation with little flaws, awesome graphics, blood simulation, voice acting, and a full vehicle system which all combined brings hundreds of hours of playtime.”
- “• The visuals, while decent, give a huge hit to performance that can only be described as unreasonable.”
- “Bad graphics settings and bad optimizations, my laptop ran better than my PC on this game.”
- “I don't know why this is happening, but after the last update when I shoot and kill a goredoll, bleeding causes my FPS to drop significantly (from 120 stable on high graphics to 19 FPS) after just one goredoll.”
humor
100 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The humor in the game is largely characterized by juvenile, absurd, and darkly comedic elements centered around gore, ragdoll physics, and chaotic multiplayer interactions. While many players find the sandbox-style antics and silly physics hilarious, some criticize the humor as uninspired or overshadowed by toxic and offensive player behavior. Overall, the game appeals to those who enjoy crude, gore-filled comedy mixed with sandbox chaos, though its humor may not suit everyone.
- “I love how the NPCs talk to each other, funny detail lmao.”
- “Overall: Gorebox is chaotic, hilarious, and brutal in all the right ways.”
- “Its fast-paced gameplay, freeform sandbox structure, and accessible platform options have made it a go-to title for casual players looking for quick and hilarious action.”
- “It's not funny, it's real, not figurative, so don't find it funny. Whoever did find it funny will become stupid.”
- “You can't go one second of peace without a crying child... or a hopeless unfunny racist, transphobic, or homophobic who thinks they're the Nobel Prize comedian. I can literally go into a server right now and someone will definitely say every slur in the dictionary if I say I was trans or something.”
- “Like adding an unfunny joke car that has a toilet on top of it before fixing ragdolls clipping and teleporting and dismembering into 50 pieces if you hit them wrong.”
story
76 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game features no traditional story or campaign, focusing instead on sandbox-style gameplay with random missions and player-created scenarios. While players enjoy creating their own narratives and chaos within the open environment, many express a desire for a more structured story mode or enhanced mission system to add depth and variety. Overall, the lack of a formal story is seen as a limitation, but not a critical flaw for those who embrace the game's sandbox nature.
- “In single-player, you can start random missions, mess around with NPCs, nuke the entire map, or simply do whatever you want, limited only by your imagination and the available props.”
- “(Imagine being deployed on a helicopter, you walk through the forest only to hear a mutant. You use your shotgun to blow its head off. You find the facility; it's dirty and dusty. You kill mutants and many other enemies. Eventually, the lights turn on in a huge room to reveal the shadow mutant; you use your skills to defeat it and beat the mission.) The potential for a campaign with the unique gore system of this game as well as the short TTK.”
- “As a player who played this game for 51 hours, this game is great. Just ignore the multiplayer community, play missions, make your own stories inside the game, create chaos, have fun, and you're all good. Just play the game the fun way, the way we all played this game in 2021 - 2022.”
- “Also, there isn’t much depth beyond causing chaos, so it can get repetitive after a while if you’re looking for a real challenge or story.”
- “There isn't much to do as the multiplayer is choppy and there is no sort of story mode making the experience boring.”
- “I won't give final score yet and I won't give more points as I get nothing else to give point on because story barely exists and there is nothing much to criticize the game on.”
stability
56 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game is widely criticized for its significant stability issues, including frequent bugs, crashes, freezing, and glitches that affect gameplay, physics, and multiplayer functionality. While some players find it fun despite these problems, many caution against playing it in its current buggy and unoptimized state. Ongoing updates often introduce new bugs, making the overall experience frustrating, especially in multiplayer mode.
- “This game is seemingly optimized and runs great on a lot of computers, and there's even a mobile version.”
- “The game is still buggy and crashes all the time (it's not my PC, my PC is brand new) and the dev still allows hackers in this game, save your 8 bucks and go buy Gmod or something.”
- “The latest update introduced a major glitch—interacting with another player's items instantly freezes and crashes the game.”
- “Buggy and unfinished updates.”
optimization
45 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Optimization in the game is inconsistent; while some praise decent performance on higher-end devices and quick bug fixes, many report severe lag, stuttering, and poor optimization especially on lower-end PCs and mobile. Recent updates have often worsened performance and introduced bugs, leading to a generally frustrating experience despite promising gameplay features.
- “Good game, good optimization, no ads, no censors, absolute cinema of a game.”
- “Pros: ragdolls and reactions to gunshots are realistic for the most part, headshots are nice especially with a low caliber, optimized well, replayable, decent modding community.”
- “While some players note occasional performance hiccups on lower-end systems, the devs are quick to address bugs and optimize the experience.”
- “The game is buggy, the physics are off, and it is unoptimized. The goredolls are even more buggy, especially the AI goredolls if you spawn them on any object. On mobile, it is even more laggy, buggy, and unoptimized, making it barely playable on my phone.”
- “Since v16 dropped, everything felt bad and worse: the optimization was bad, the update was bad, the PvP was bad, everything was bad.”
- “Even at lower performance settings on dx11, the performance is shambolic.”
grinding
31 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Grinding in this game is widely considered excessively tedious, to the point where players jokingly suggest needing a “second life” just to get through it. The process often feels repetitive and cumbersome, detracting from overall enjoyment.
- “You'll need 10 lives for grinding - Jesus!”
- “A bit grindy... sometimes.”
- “You'll need a second life for grinding.”
- “You’ll need 10 lives for grinding - Jesus!”
- “One long, tedious grind.”
music
19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's music is generally praised for being enjoyable and fitting the atmosphere, with some users calling it "fire" and "very cool." However, many players express frustration over the lack of music volume control or an option to disable it, which impacts the overall experience. Improved audio settings and mod support for music are commonly requested features.
- “And very cool music.”
- “Soundtracks are fire tho.”
- “Music: goated.”
- “Also, nice job picking the single most annoying song for the main menu.”
- “It's fun, add mod support (not just maps) and please add a way to disable the music; it's just really annoying and loud.”
- “Can't change music volume, only master volume, which means I can't hear anything else.”
monetization
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Monetization is a contentious aspect, with mobile users frustrated by intrusive ads, especially in multiplayer, while the PC version is praised for lack of ads but criticized for lacking exclusive content despite its price. Some feel the updates and added features do not justify the cost, perceiving the game as a cash grab or a less valuable counterpart to mobile. Overall, players desire more value and less aggressive monetization.
- “Worth 7 dollars because of annoying ads.”
- “Yes, we don't have tickets or ads and have updates before, but we pay for the same content without anything special, and there is an issue where the game just kicks us out.”
- “Absolute cash grab.”
replayability
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Replayability for the game is generally seen as strong due to its expansive sandbox nature, multiplayer features, and modding community, which keep players engaged. However, some users feel it lacks enough content variety or customization options, leading to boredom after extensive play. Adding more workshop support for weapons, NPCs, and items could significantly enhance replay value.
- “Pros: ragdolls and reactions to gunshots are realistic for the most part, headshots are nice especially with a low caliber, optimized well, replayable, decent modding community.”
- “Though fair warning this game is actually really violent, overall it's a great replayable sandbox.”
- “Cross-platform multiplayer (PC and mobile) with voice and text chat makes teaming up or battling friends a breeze, adding to the game’s insane replayability.”
- “It's a cool game, but it's not very replayable.”
- “This one has very few features to keep it replayable.”
- “Multiplayer is alright but is mostly a very chaotic experience. After doing everything in the game, you get bored. The game has a map workshop, but it needs weapons, NPC, and items workshop support like other similar sandbox games (People Playground, GMod, Paint the Town Red) to be infinitely more replayable.”
emotional
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The emotional experience of the game is highly polarized, ranging from heartwarming and relaxing moments in singleplayer to intense psychological stress and frustration in multiplayer. Some players find it deeply impactful and thrilling, while others describe it as emotionally taxing or even overwhelming.
- “Singleplayer is relaxing but multiplayer is hell; if you want to have emotional and psychological pain, traumas burned into your brain, and a giant wave of 'I will uninstall this game,' then join multiplayer.”
- “Heartwarming; I recommend it to parents with kids.”
- “Game made me feel psychotic; love that feeling 10/10.”
atmosphere
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The atmosphere is intensely brutal and bloody, perfectly capturing the game's gore-centric theme, especially when played cooperatively. Additionally, the mix of diverse and chaotic player interactions contributes to a chaotic yet engaging environment that many find uniquely entertaining.
- “Gorebox is brilliant, the main part of the game, gore, is executed perfectly to create a brutal and bloody atmosphere. Playing it with a friend is the best way to act out your psychopathic dreams.”